# Lenin
## English
### Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Ле́нин (Lénin), probably due to the use of a passport of the friend, Nikolay Lenin, whose surname originated from the Siberian Lena river. It is commonly believed that the Lena derives its name from the original Even-Evenk name Elyu-Ene, which means "the Large River".

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɛnɪn
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Proper noun

Lenin
* Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, a Russian revolutionary and politician.
** 2011, Christine Dwyer Hickey, The Cold Eye of Heaven, Atlantic Books, →ISBN, page 117:'He means the other Lennon,' Slowey's voice said. ' John Lennon from the Beatles.' And Farley saw him then, on the bend of the counter smoking a cigar. Slowey then turned to the barman, '... and he means the other Lenin, you know, the Russian revolutionary?'

#### Derived terms

* Leningrad
* Leninian
* Leninism
* Leninite

#### Translations
### Further reading

* “Lenin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* “Lenin”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* “Lenin”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
* “Lenin”, in Collins English Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* linen, Linné, linne, Linen, Linne

## Catalan
### Proper noun

Lenin m
* Lenin

## Chechen
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ле́нин (Lénin).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlenin/

### Proper noun

Lenin
* (historical) Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
    Lenin vu vajꞑ bäčči. ― Lenin is our leader.

### References

* Matsiev, Akhmat G. (1929) Самоучитель чеченского языка [Self-teaching book of the Chechen language], Grozny: Typographic-literary publishing house of the newspaper “Serlo”, Krainatsizdat, page 17

## Czech
### Proper noun

Lenin m anim
* Lenin

#### Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Derived terms

* leninismus
* leninista
* leninistický
* leninský

### Further reading

* “Lenin”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈleːniːn/, (less often) /ˈleːnɪn/

### Proper noun

Lenin m (proper noun, strong, genitive Lenins or (with an article) Lenin)
* Lenin

#### Derived terms

* Leninismus
* Leninist
* leninistisch

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ле́нин (Lénin).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɛ.nin/, /ˈljɛ.nin/
* Rhymes: -ɛnin
* Hyphenation: Lè‧nin

### Proper noun

Lenin m
* A transliteration of the Russian surname Ле́нин (Lénin)

### References

* ↑ Lenin in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Polish
### Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Ле́нин (Lénin), probably due to the use of a passport of the friend, Nikolay Lenin, whose surname originated from the Siberian Lena river. It is commonly believed that the Lena derives its name from the original Even-Evenk name Elyu-Ene, which means "the Large River".

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɛ.ɲin/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛɲin
* Syllabification: Le‧nin

### Proper noun

Lenin m pers
* (historical) Vladimir Lenin

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Lenin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈlẽ.nĩ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈlẽ.nĩ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈle.nĩ/

### Proper noun

Lenin m
* Alternative form of Lenine

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ленин (Lenin).

### Proper noun

Lenin m
* A village in Lenin, Transnistria, Moldova
* A commune of Transnistria, Moldova